Three weeks. Four Speaker-designates. And Mike Johnson is the best they could do?

Listen, I could spend hours telling why this Speaker debacle reflects what the Republican Party has become: a decaying, radicalized, and nihilistic husk of its former self.

But if you’re in a rush, save the rest of this email for later and chip in $25 here to make GOP extremist Mike Johnson’s tenure as Speaker very, very short. >>

This is a campaign email, not a doctoral dissertation, so I’ll spare you the long-winded diatribe and just give you a quick run-down of my thoughts on the new House Speaker.

Mike Johnson is, unfortunately, a “normal” Republican in today’s GOP.

By “normal,” I mean that he wants to criminalize abortion, end gay marriage, cut Medicare and end Social Security, revoke protections for the LGBTQ+ community, support Putin and his dictatorial, murderous regime, and overturn a legitimate election.

Oh – and he also doesn’t believe in or understand science.

Mike Johnson’s fringe ideology is dangerous to women, to the LGBTQ+ community, to people of color, to our climate, to seniors, to the international balance of power, and to democracy itself – and that’s exactly why the GOP loves him.

If we needed one more reason to flip the House and evict this delusional, dangerous party from leadership, that reason is named Mike Johnson.

So let’s remember the wise words of Aerosmith: “Don’t get mad, get even.”

Please, I’m personally asking for your support to elect a responsible, principled Democratic majority to Congress. Will you contribute $25 or more to this extremely worthy cause right away?

We’ll get through this together,
Sean Casten